New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

Hon. George Evans. The American Review, for July, is embellished with a fine engraved likeness of this distinguished Whig statesman. The number also contained a brief sketch of his brilliant career in the Congress of the United States. Mr. Evans was born January 12th, 1797—he is now, therefore, about fifty years of age. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1815, and after a thorough preparation in the study of the law, commenced its practice in the town of Gardiner, in the good old county of Kennebec.— He soon attained a commanding position at the bar. At the age of 28 he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives, and was re-elected for four successive years. The last year he was a member he was chosen Speaker of the House—in which responsible position he so acquitted himself as to command the unqualified approbation of the body over which he presided. In July, 1829, he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he remained twelve years, having been elected seven times. He was a member of the House in '41, when the Legislature of Maine elected him a member of the United States Senate.

Of Mr Evans's services in the Senate it is hardly necessary to speak; our readers are well acquainted with them. Few men have attained a higher reputation as a skillful debater, and for a profound knowledge of the finances and business relations of the country than Mr. Evans. As chairman of the committee on Finance in the Senate, he exhibited a depth of research and a thorough acquaintance with the practical details of matters connected with the revenue of the government which have never been surpassed. Every one is acquainted with Mr. Evans's labors in support of the Tariff system. From the time he first entered Congress until the day he retired, his efforts in behalf of the protective system were untiring, and every successive effort gave renewed evidence of his unremitting labors and of his transcendent talents.

Mr. Evans has now become a private citizen, but the seventeen years of his life passed in the service of his country, have established his reputation and won for himself a name wide as the Union and lasting as its history. Mr. Evans has ever been a true Whig—ever consistent and always to be depended on. The Whigs owe him a debt of gratitude which, we trust, they will yet repay, when the reign of the imbeciles shall have ended, and wiser and better men are called by the people to the high offices of Government.-Boston Atlas.